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Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/34/1696
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This record is about the Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex... dating from [c. 1348] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/34/1696
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex
- Name(s)
- de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Humphrey
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Bohun shows that Edward II granted to his father the castle of Builth, and he died seised of the same in his demesne as of his fee and these were seized into the hand of the king. Bohun requests livery of the castle as his inheritance.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the heir of the earl of March who was tenant of the manor at his death is within age and in the custody of the prince of Wales, he should sue to him.
- Places mentioned
- Buelt (Builth), [Breconshire, Wales]
- People mentioned
- Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, father of the petitioner
- Edward II, King of England
- [Roger de Mortimer], Earl of March
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince of Wales
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is likely to postdate SC 8/34/1693-5, and is unlikely to be much later than 1348.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another copy of SC 8/34/1693 with a writ see SC 8/34/1694
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/34/1693
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 1178
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.44 (full calendar of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.185b (no.44) (transcription of a later copy of another petition by the same petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061895/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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